Courses

Here you can find out about the wide range of courses available for healthcare professionals working in End of Life and Palliative Care.

RCPE: Online Symposium: Palliative Medicine

Date: Wednesday 22nd January 2025

Venue: Online

Cost: From £70

This online symposia will provide thought-provoking insights on the experiences of patients and their families who have palliative care needs. Attendees will learn something which they can apply to their practice, as well as hearing about the future and international challenges of palliative care.

Topics included are:

Managing the symptoms of breathlessness, bowel obstruction and pain
Palliation in cardiovascular diseases
Changing palliative care needs in the context of increasing multi-morbidity
Caring for dying people
Global palliative care

For further information and to book, please click here.

Advanced Communications Skills Training– Tier 3 (13 CPD Points), Treetops Hospice

An experiential and learner-led 2-day certificate course for senior healthcare professionals who want to enhance their communication skills to further equip with challenging situations, including:

Breaking bad news
Discussing complex treatment plans with patients
Talking to a distressed or angry patient or their family
Performance managing or dealing with difficult conversations with colleagues

Date: Various dates between April 2024 and March 2025
Time: 08:45 – 17:00
Venue: Treetops Hospice, Derby Road, Risley, Derbyshire. DE72 3SS
Cost: £610 per person

Click here for additional information and to register. Contact course administrator Wendy Spencer for enquiries.

Specialist Registrar Training Public Health Palliative Care

The basis for the public health approach draws on the theory, evidence base and practice methods of public health, including community engagement and development, prevention, harm reduction and early intervention.

With the increasing relevance of its application, the training curriculum for Specialist Registrars in palliative care in the UK now includes the public health approach, woven into a number of different aspects of training. In order to help trainees meet the learning requirements of the curriculum, Compassionate Communities UK has developed an educational module covering all the required areas.

For more information, please click here.

Training the Teachers in Palliative Care.

This well-established international short course is suitable for
healthcare professionals who have more than two years experience of
working in palliative and end of life care and who are expected to provide
education as part of their role.

Dates: 23rd – 25th June 2025

Venue: Leonardo Hotel, Liverpool

Course Fees: £760

For further information and to book your place, please click here.